She never married.
A 1903 graduate of Mount Holyoke, Winifred Tilden was important in the development of women's physical fitness at Iowa State College from 1904 to 1944. She introduced competitive sports at a time when such activity was considered too strenuous for women.
She was responsible for organizing May Day pageants which honored women seniors and May Pole dances. Profits from the event were used to help fund the women's athletic program. She also started the women's honorary society, Jack O'Lantern and the Women's Athletic Association, which supervised women's athletic clubs.
In 1918 Miss Tilden volunteered with the Young Women's Christian Association to direct recreational programs for United States soldiers in France. She was the Hostess and Recreation Director at Toul, France and later was the Manager of the Palais Royal in Paris. In 1919 she returned to Iowa State as a Professor of Physical Education.
She was instrumental in construction of the Women's Physical Education Building completed in 1941. She had first approached the University with plans for a building in 1925. Today the building is the south part of the Forker Building.
A 1903 graduate of Mount Holyoke, Winifred Tilden was important in the development of women's physical fitness at Iowa State College from 1904 to 1944. She introduced competitive sports at a time when such activity was considered too strenuous for women.
She was responsible for organizing May Day pageants which honored women seniors and May Pole dances. Profits from the event were used to help fund the women's athletic program. She also started the women's honorary society, Jack O'Lantern and the Women's Athletic Association, which supervised women's athletic clubs.
In 1918 Miss Tilden volunteered with the Young Women's Christian Association to direct recreational programs for United States soldiers in France. She was the Hostess and Recreation Director at Toul, France and later was the Manager of the Palais Royal in Paris. In 1919 she returned to Iowa State as a Professor of Physical Education.
She was instrumental in construction of the Women's Physical Education Building completed in 1941. She had first approached the University with plans for a building in 1925. Today the building is the south part of the Forker Building.
She never married.
A 1903 graduate of Mount Holyoke, Winifred Tilden was important in the development of women's physical fitness at Iowa State College from 1904 to 1944. She introduced competitive sports at a time when such activity was considered too strenuous for women.
She was responsible for organizing May Day pageants which honored women seniors and May Pole dances. Profits from the event were used to help fund the women's athletic program. She also started the women's honorary society, Jack O'Lantern and the Women's Athletic Association, which supervised women's athletic clubs.
In 1918 Miss Tilden volunteered with the Young Women's Christian Association to direct recreational programs for United States soldiers in France. She was the Hostess and Recreation Director at Toul, France and later was the Manager of the Palais Royal in Paris. In 1919 she returned to Iowa State as a Professor of Physical Education.
She was instrumental in construction of the Women's Physical Education Building completed in 1941. She had first approached the University with plans for a building in 1925. Today the building is the south part of the Forker Building.
A 1903 graduate of Mount Holyoke, Winifred Tilden was important in the development of women's physical fitness at Iowa State College from 1904 to 1944. She introduced competitive sports at a time when such activity was considered too strenuous for women.
She was responsible for organizing May Day pageants which honored women seniors and May Pole dances. Profits from the event were used to help fund the women's athletic program. She also started the women's honorary society, Jack O'Lantern and the Women's Athletic Association, which supervised women's athletic clubs.
In 1918 Miss Tilden volunteered with the Young Women's Christian Association to direct recreational programs for United States soldiers in France. She was the Hostess and Recreation Director at Toul, France and later was the Manager of the Palais Royal in Paris. In 1919 she returned to Iowa State as a Professor of Physical Education.
She was instrumental in construction of the Women's Physical Education Building completed in 1941. She had first approached the University with plans for a building in 1925. Today the building is the south part of the Forker Building.
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